Alex gave us a terrific overview of the Trust’s work managing 300 heritage places including a volcano and Fern Gully in Red Hill. Advocacy work is a vital aspect of Trust efforts.

Alex’s special interest is Indigenous Heritage and she described the important research of the Boon wurrung currently being conducted on the Peninsula through McCrae family archives and Endeavour Fern Gully.

Jane gave a fascinating presentation. By combining historic paintings of the Peninsula and the early 1900 road trip notes of her grandfather William Calder, who was Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Country Roads Board she took us on a journey through the Peninsula.

The wide range of interesting and important projects and tasks undertaken by NHS volunteers in the Archives Room often goes unnoticed and unacknowledged. This month we heard 4 accounts each very different from the other –